Cellphone grip assembly

ABSTRACT

A cellphone grip assembly for assisting a user in securely holding a mobile phone is shown comprising a mobile case and a handling glove which each include a corresponding engaging portion which is configured to allow the mobile case to be removably and rotatably attached to a handling glove. When the mobile case and the handling glove are attached through an interlock of the engaging portions, the mobile case is can be rotated 360 degrees about the pivot created by the interlock formed by the engaging portions of the mobile case and the handling glove in response to manual force in a desired direction. Once in the desired position, the mobile case resists inadvertent movement due to a ratchet like mechanism in the engaging mechanism.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

1. Field of the Invention

This invention relates generally to mobile phone accessories and, moreparticularly, to a wearable glove which is adapted to improve grip andtraction when holding a mobile device.

2. Description of the Prior Art

It is clear that modern society has reached a point where almost everyadult owns or regularly uses a mobile phone (or cellphone) and otherrelated mobile devices. Part and parcel to such ownership or regular usecomes the challenges to some presented by the regular handling of thephone, as well as the challenges in carrying the phone. This istypically due to the designs of mobile phones, which commonly results ina slippery exterior.

It is known that some elderly individuals, as well as those sufferingfrom conditions like arthritis which affect one's ability to grip, havegreat difficulty in securely holding or carrying a mobile phone. Thus,there remains a need for a cellphone grip assembly which would assistone in securely handling a mobile phone. It would be helpful if such acellphone grip assembly included a glove portion and a correspondingcase portion to improve the ability to hold a mobile phone. It would beadditionally desirable for such a cellphone grip assembly to includepivots to allow a mobile phone being held to be positioned in the mostconvenient manner while being held.

The Applicant's invention described herein provides for a cellphone gripassembly adapted to improve one's ability to hold a mobile phone. Theprimary components of Applicant's a cellphone grip assembly are ahandling glove having a interlocking pivot and a mobile case having ainterlocking pivot which corresponds to that on the glove. When inoperation, the cellphone grip assembly allows a user to removably attacha mobile phone to a glove being worn. As a result, many of the handlinglimitations imposed by conventional mobile phone designs are removed.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

A cellphone grip assembly for assisting a user in securely holding amobile phone is shown comprising a mobile case and a handling glove. Themobile case provides a case means for retaining a mobile phone and thehandling glove provides a glove means for handling a mobile phone. Themobile case and the handling glove each include a corresponding engagingportion which is configured to allow the mobile case to be removably androtatably attached to a handling glove. Together, the engaging portionsdefine an engaging mechanism, which provides an engaging means forrotatably attaching. The mobile case additionally includes a holdingpouch, revealed by a zipper on the surface of the mobile case adapted tohold the handling glove when not in use.

When the mobile case and the handling glove are attached through aninterlock of the engaging portions, the mobile case is can be rotated360 degrees about the pivot created by the interlock formed by theengaging portions of the mobile case and the handling glove in responseto manual force in a desired direction. Once in the desired position,the mobile case resists inadvertent movement due to a ratchet likemechanism in the engaging mechanism.

It is an object of this invention to provide a cellphone grip assemblywhich would assist one in securely handling a mobile phone.

It is another object of this invention to provide a cellphone gripassembly which includes a glove portion and a corresponding case portionto improve the ability to hold a mobile phone.

It is yet another object of this invention to provide a cellphone gripassembly which includes pivots to allow a mobile phone being held to bepositioned in the most convenient manner while being held.

These and other objects will be apparent to one of skill in the art.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

FIG. 1 a is a front plan view of the mobile case of a cellphone gripassembly built in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 1 b is a back plan view of the mobile case of a cellphone gripassembly built in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 1 c is a back elevational view of the mobile case of a cellphonegrip assembly built in accordance with the present invention with itsholding pouch exposed.

FIG. 2 a is a front elevational view of the handling glove of acellphone grip assembly built in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 2 b is a back elevational view of the handling glove of a cellphonegrip assembly built in accordance with the present invention.

FIG. 3 is a front elevational view of a cellphone grip assembly built inaccordance with the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a front elevational view of an alternate embodiment of thehandling glove of a cellphone grip assembly built in accordance with thepresent invention.

FIG. 5 a is a side elevational view of the interlocking pivot mechanismon the mobile case of a cellphone grip assembly built in accordance withthe present invention.

FIG. 5 b is a side elevational view of the interlocking pivot mechanismon the handling glove of a cellphone grip assembly built in accordancewith the present invention.

FIG. 6 is a front elevational view of a purse adapted to hold acellphone grip assembly built in accordance with the present invention.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

Referring now to the drawings and in particular FIGS. 1 a, 1 b, and 1 c,a mobile case 10 of a cellphone grip assembly is shown having arectangular case body 11, a swivel pivot base 12, a zipper 13 a and azipper track 13 b. The rectangular case body is constructed of anon-slip material, defined as rubber in the preferred embodiment. Thefront of the rectangular case body 11 is cut out so as to include anopen portion 14 which allows the screen and the user interface portionson the front side of a mobile phone (not shown) to be visible andaccessible while the mobile phone is disposed inside the mobile case 10.The swivel pivot base 12 is an engaging portion which is configured toallow the mobile case 10 to be removably and rotatably attached to ahandling glove built in accordance with the present invention with acorresponding engaging portion.

A holding pouch 15 a adapted to hold a handling glove built inaccordance with the present invention when not in use is disposed on theback of the case body 11. Typically, the handling glove would be foldedprior being inserted into the holding pouch 15 a. The zipper 13 a andthe zipper track 13 b allow the holding pouch 15 a to be selectablyclosed and revealed. The zipper 13 a and a first section of the zippertrack 13 b are disposed on the edge of a flap 15 b which is configuredto cover the holding pouch so that it can be placed over the holdingpouch 15 a to close the holding pouch 15 a and flipped off the holdingpouch, as exemplified in FIG. 1 c, to reveal to holding pouch 15 a. Whenthe holding pouch 15 a is open, two side flaps 15 c constructed of afabric material, which are present to prevent materials contained in theholding pouch 15 a from sliding out the sides, are also revealed. Asecond section of the zipper track 13 b is disposed on the edge of theholding pouch 15 a. When the flap 15 b is placed on the holding pouch 15a to close the holding pouch 15 a, the first section of the zipper track13 b and the second section of the zipper track 13 b become aligned sothe zipper 13 a can be engaged to removably attach to two zipper tracksections 13 b.

Referring now to FIGS. 2 a and 2 b, a handling glove 20 is shown havinga glove body 21 and a glove pivot portion 22. The glove body 21 isdefined as a fingerless glove having a palmar side and a dorsal side andis constructed of a thin fabric material that is easy to fold. Thefingerless aspect of the gloves provide for additional dexterity for auser in addition to the interlock of the engaging portions. The glovepivot portion 22 is disposed on the dorsal side of the glove andprovides an engaging portion which corresponds to the swivel pivot basedisposed on the rectangular case body of the mobile case.

Referring now to FIG. 3, the cellphone grip assembly 30 is defined bythe mobile case 31, having a mobile phone 32 disposed therein, beingremovably attached to the handling glove 33. When attached through aninterlock of the engaging portions in accordance with the presentinvention, the mobile case 31 is configured to be rotated 360 degreesabout a pivot created by the interlock formed by the engaging portionsof the mobile case 31 and the handling glove 33 in response to manualforce in a desired direction. Once in the desired position, the mobilecase 31 resists inadvertent movement due to a series of ridges disposedin the respective engaging portions, which result in the production of aratchet like mechanism which allows movement from manual force butresists movement from non-manual forces.

Referring now to FIG. 4, an alternate embodiment of a handling glove 40is shown as a glove body 41 and a glove pivot portion 42. The glove body41 is defined as a fingerless glove having a palmar side and a dorsalside and with bi-lateral thumbs 43. The fingerless aspect of the glovesprovide for additional dexterity for a user in addition to the interlockof the engaging portions. The bi-lateral thumbs 43 allow for thehandling glove 40 to be used by right handed or left handed users.Whichever bi-lateral thumb 43 is not being used can be folded over apreset crease 43 a. The glove pivot portion 43 is disposed on the dorsalside of the glove and provides an engaging portion which corresponds tothe swivel pivot base disposed on the rectangular case body of themobile case.

Referring now to FIGS. 5 a and 5 b, the swivel pivot base 12 and theglove pivot portion 22, 42 are opposing portions of an engaging memberwhich allows the mobile case and handling glove to removably attach toone another. The swivel pivot base 12 includes a plurality of baseinterlocks 50, each facing the same direction, and base ridges 51. Theglove pivot portion 22, 42 also includes a plurality of globe interlocks52, each facing the same direction and configured to interlock with thebase interlocks 50, and glove ridges 53. The base interlocks 50 andglove interlocks 52 are constructed of a semi rigid material so that canbe engaged through manual force in an engaging direction 54 anddisengaged through manual force in a disengaging direction 55.

Referring now to FIG. 6, a purse 60 is shown which is adapted to holdthe a mobile phone having a mobile case built in accordance with thepresent invention is shown having a purse body 61, a purse opening 62, aclosing flap 63, and a pivot base lip 64. The pivot base lip 64 is sizedand adapted to allow the swivel pivot base of the mobile case to notencumber the mobile case's ability to fit in the purse 60, as it likelywould in convention phone holders. In this way, the purse 60 provides apurse means for holding the mobile case.

The instant invention has been shown and described herein in what isconsidered to be the most practical and preferred embodiment. It isrecognized, however, that departures may be made therefrom within thescope of the invention and that obvious modifications will occur to aperson skilled in the art.

What is claimed is:
 1. A cellphone grip assembly, comprising: a mobile case having a rectangular case body with a front side and a back side, wherein said mobile case includes a case engaging portion on said back side; a handling glove having a glove body with a palmar side and a dorsal side, wherein said handling glove includes a glove engaging portion on said dorsal side; wherein said case engaging portion and said glove engaging portion are configured to releasably engage to form an engaging mechanism; and wherein said engaging mechanism, when engaged, allows the mobile case rotate 360 degrees about the pivot created where the said case engaging portion and said glove engaging portion engage.
 2. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 1, wherein said glove body is defined as a fingerless glove.
 3. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 1, wherein said mobile case additionally includes a holding pouch disposed on said back side.
 4. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 3, wherein said mobile case additionally includes a zipper disposed on said back side and said zipper is adapted to allow the holding pouch to be selectably opened and closed.
 5. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 1, wherein: said case engaging portion is defined as a swivel pivot base having a circular body and at least one base interlock and at least one base ridge; and said glove engaging portion is defined as a glove pivot portion having a circular body and at least one glove interlock and at least one glove ridge.
 6. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 5, wherein: said swivel pivot base includes four base interlocks; and said glove pivot portion includes four glove interlocks.
 7. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 5, wherein: said swivel pivot base includes two base ridges; and said glove pivot portion includes two glove ridges.
 8. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 5, wherein said base interlock and glove interlock are constructed of a semi rigid material so that can be engaged through manual force in an engaging direction and disengaged through manual force in a disengaging direction.
 9. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 1, wherein said glove body includes bi-lateral thumbs.
 10. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 1, additionally comprising a purse having a purse body, a purse opening, a closing flap, and a pivot base lip, wherein said pivot base lip is configured to allow the case engaging portion to not encumber the mobile case's ability to fit securely in the purse.
 11. A cellphone grip assembly, comprising: a case means for retaining a mobile phone; a glove means for handling a mobile phone; having a glove body with a palmar side and a dorsal side, wherein said handling glove includes a glove engaging portion on said dorsal side; and an engaging means mechanism an engaging means for rotatably attaching disposed on said case means and said glove means.
 12. The cellphone grip assembly of claim 11, additionally comprising a purse means for holding the case means. 